Chapter 11-The Secret Hangar
"Who would have thought
that Wufei and Raye were a couple a thousand years ago." Serena said
"Quatre and Mina-that is understandable. Duo and Lita seem compatible,
while Amy and Trowa are both quiet people.". "From what you have said
about your friends, they seem to be very nice people." Heero said
confidently. "They are, true friends, even though Raye and I fight
sometimes." Serena shot back.
"What
time is it, Heero?" Serena asked.
"It is 1:03AM. We should get to bed." Heero said. "You're right.
Let's go to bed. I don't think I'll have any nightmares with you right beside
me." she said with a cute smile "I still don't believe that I was
going to marry that evil person.". Heero replies ,"I think I know
what you mean. A girl by the name of Relena Peacecraft followed me around for
quite some time. She turned out to be Zech's little sister. It was pretty
creepy to have a girl stalking me.". "I'm glad that she
stopped." Serena said. "What made her stop?" she asked.
"Heero replies ," She is now Vice Foreign Minister Darlian, the exact
title of her adopted foster father. I've heard that she is too busy to follow
me.". They both laugh. "OK Serena. Time for bed." Heero says,
still chuckling about Relena. They say their "Good Night's" to each other.
Heero gives her a small kiss on the cheek and says ,"There are many kinds
of kisses. First, a kiss on the cheek means friendship. Kissing both cheeks is
the french way. Last, kissing someone's hand means respect. Evidently, Duo
respects you.". Then, they go to sleep.
The next
morning, Heero wakes up early so he can get a shower in before Serena wakes up.
After showering, he goes back to check on Serena. "Good. She is still
asleep." he whispers. He then leaves her a note saying:
Serena,
I'll be in the garage, working on my motorcycle. If you get lost, ask Quatre to
show you where it is.
Heero
Heero
quickly goes to the garage and makes the throttle adjustments to his
motorcycle. He looks at his watch. "9:30AM. Serena got up at 11AM yesterday.
I have about 1 1/2 hours to repair and modify Zero." he thinks to himself.
The intended modifications are duplicating the Zero system for his new mobile
suit and a programming change to the Zero System. This programming change is to
be able to deactivate the Zero System, for a new pilot. In this case, for
Serena. In a hangar below the garage, Heero has stored his rebuilt Wing Gundam
Zero, along with the other Gundams, namely Deathscythe Hell, Heavyarms Kai,
Sandrock Kai and Altron. "This is going to be hard to modify. I'm glad
that when Quatre built this, he put in the schematics for the Zero System.
First, I'm going to duplicate it, then alter the original for the deactivation
switch. Hopefully, my new Gundam will be able to take on OZ's new Virgo
3's."
Heero
remembers a conversation with Trowa three days before he found Serena:
"OZ has updated the Virgo mobile dolls again?"
Heero asks. "I'm afraid so, Heero. The Gundams will have to be upgraded
again. I think Heavyarms will only need another blade on its left arm, and
possibly a third pair of verniers mounted on its legs." says a worried
Trowa. Duo, in response, says ,"What about Deathscythe?". "I
have an idea." says Quatre "Let's revise the energy supply system for
the beam bladed weapons. With this design, the energy reserve will last longer.
Plus, the blades will be longer.". Wufei sees this as a good idea.
"What about your Sandrock?" Heero asks. "Sandrock needs another
pair of verniers. Like Heavyarms, they should be placed on its legs." says
Quatre. "I've found a stronger version of Gundanium. It's called Gundanium
Gamma." says Heero. "Wing Zero can't be repaired without the
schematics. So, I'm going to design a new Gundam using the new Gundanium Gamma
material. To effectively fight the new Virgos, we need to update the Gundams as
soon as possible. These new Gundams will be called Deathscythe Reaper,
Heavyarms Seven, Sandrock Desert, and Altron Dragon. But, if these new Gundams
are destroyed for some reason, we should keep the originals intact.
During the modification of the Zero System, Heero ran into a problem. The module %5703-042, which controls the advanced reaction circuitry, for some reason wouldn't allow a software-controlled switch to let the pilot fight without the Zero System. Heero thought about this and remembered how the Zero System was installed in Sandrock. "The code's ZERO. You have to input the letters to activate the Zero System.", he remembered telling Quatre aboard Peacemillion. With this in mind, the modification was simple to perform, taking about ½ hour.